Italy’s top cities for sustainable living are Verbania, Trento and Belluno, said Italian environmental organisation Legambiente in its report ‘Urban Ecosystem’, ranking 104 Italian cities on their environmental sustainability.
The report gave an overall picture of static cities that are having difficulty establishing themselves in terms of sustainability, with small steps towards recycling and renewable energy but little progress in terms of public transport systems.
The results showed a clear division between the country’s north and south. Northern cities Bolzano and Macerata rounded out the top five, while the opposite end of the spectrum found Sicily with four of its cities – Messina, Agrigento, Palermo and Catania – taking up the last five places on the list together with the Calabrian city of Vibo Valentia.
In terms of air quality, the study showed a slight drop in concentrations of nitrous dioxide, particulates and ozone, thanks in part to weather conditions that favored dispersion of pollutants. Frosinone got the lowest grade for fine dust and Genoa for ozone.
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